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Medium: Tempera
Support: On wood
Year: 1938
1938.40 (estate: 1073)
Objeto construido
Alternate title: Objet plastique
1938
Tempera on wood
34 1/4 x 4 3/8 in. (87 x 11 cm)
Signed and dated verso: J.T.G 38
Signed verso: AAÇ
Exhibitions
Museo de Arte Precolombino, Colección Matto, Montevideo, Uruguay, Exposición Homenaje a Joaquín Torres-García: Juguetes, Objetos de Arte, Maderas, October 1974, no. 60.
Arnold Herstand Gallery, New York, Sculpture, January 8–March 2, 1984.
Gimpel Fils, London, Joaquín Torres-García: Paintings & Constructions, June 19–July 14, 1984. (Stellweg 1984), no. 21.
Hayward Gallery, London, Torres-García: Grid-Pattern-Sign: Paris-Montevideo 1924-1944, November 14, 1985–February 23, 1986, no. 103, ill., p. 86. Traveled to: Fundació Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain, March 13–May 4, 1986; Stadtische Kunsthalle Dusseldorf, Germany, June 28–August 17, 1986; Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, September 14–November 9, 1986; Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Texas, February 14–April 5, 1987.
Jan Krugier Gallery, New York, Joaquín Torres-García: Selected Works 1899-1949, May 1997, ill., on cover.
Musée d'Art Moderne et Contemporain de Strasbourg, France, Joaquín Torres-García: un monde construit, May 24–September 8, 2002, ill., p. 213. Traveled to: Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003 (Joaquín Torres-García: un mundo construido).
Museo Colecciones ICO, Madrid, Joaquín Torres-García: Un Mundo Construido, October 22, 2002–January 6, 2003, ill., p. 231.
Museo Picasso, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García, November 25, 2003–April 11, 2004, no. 280, ill., p. 286.
Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain, Torres-García: Diposit temporal per un any de la Collecció Alejandra, Aurelio i Claudio Torres al MNAC, 2010, ill., p. 87 (English version p. 40-41).
Acquavella Galleries, New York, The Worlds of Joaquín Torres-García, April 12–May 25, 2018, plate 63, ill., p. 193, as Objet plastique.
Published References
Abstract Art from the Río de la Plata, Buenos Aires - Montevideo 1933-1953. New York, 2001. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 27, fig. 11.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Inverted Utopias, Avant-Garde Art in Latin America. Houston, 2004. Exhibition catalogue, ill. p. 174, no. 105.
Documentary Materials
photo (historical)

Torres-García painting in his studio, 1938.

 
Record last updated July 20, 2023. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: de Torres, Cecilia, Susanna V. Temkin, Madeline Murphy Turner, and Victoria L. Fedrigotti. "Objeto construido, 1938 (1938.40)." In Joaquín Torres-García Catalogue Raisonné. www.torresgarcia.com/catalogue/entry.php?id=1543 (accessed on April 22, 2025).